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(1) conflict of interest standards for persons who provide consulting services described in subsection (h); and (2) procedures, including such registration, certification, and enforcement requirements as may be appropriate, to promote compliance with such standards. (b) The regulations required by subsection (a) shall apply to the following types of consulting services: (1) advisory and assistance services provided to the Government to the extent necessary to identify and evaluate the potential for conflicts of interest that could be prejudicial to the interests of the United States; Contracts. (2) services related to support of the preparation or submission of bids and proposals for Federal contracts to the extent that inclusion of such services in such regulations is necessary to identify and evaluate the potential for conflicts of interest that could be prejudicial to the interests of the United States; and Contracts. (3) such other services related to Federal contracts as may be specified in the regulations prescribed under subsection (a) to the extent necessary to identify and evaluate the potential for conflicts of interest that could be prejudicial to the interests of the United States. Reports. (c) The Comptroller General shall report to Congress not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act his assessment of the effectiveness of the regulations prescribed under this section. (d) Intelligence activities as defined in section 3.4(e) of Executive order 12333 or a comparable definitional section in any successor order may be exempt from the regulations required by subsection Reports. (a): Provided, That the Director of Central Intelligence shall report to the Intelligence and Appropriations Committees of the Congress no later than January 1, 1990, and annually thereafter delineating those activities and organizations which have been exempted from the regulations required by subsection (a) in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. President of U.S. (e) The President shall, before issuance of the regulations required Reports. by subsection (a), determine if the promulgation of such regulations would have a significantly adverse effect on the accomplishment of the mission of the Department of Defense or other Federal Government agencies: Provided, That if the President determines that the regulations required by subsection (a) would have such an adverse effect, the President shall so report to the appropriate committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives, stating in full the reasons for such a determination: Provided further, That in the event of submission of a report to the committees containing an adverse effect determination, the requirement for the regulations prescribed by subsection (a) shall be null and void. SEC. 8142. (a) Of the amounts available to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1989, not less than $10,000,000 shall be available for National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships to be awarded on a competitive basis by the Secretary of Defense to United States citizens or nationals pursuing advanced degrees in fields of primary concern and interest to the Department, (b) Fellowships awarded pursuant to subsection (a) above shall not be restricted on the basis of the geographical locations in the United States of the institutions at which the recipients are pursuing the aforementioned advanced degrees.